Hay and grain rake, loader, and stacker.



110.8%,472. PATENTED AUG. 27, 1907.

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HAY AND GRAD}? RAKE'LOADER, AND STAOKER".

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 26, 1 906.

5 SHEETS+SHBET W. KUUNS.

HAY AND GRAIN RAKE, LOADBR AND STAGKEB.

' APPLICATION FILED JAN; 26, 1905.

. PATENTED AUG. 27, 1907.

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No. 864,472. PATBNTED AUG. 2'7, 1907. W, KOUNS.

HAY AND GRAIN RAKE LOADER, AND STAGKER.

' APPLICATION FILED JAIL-26,1906.

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PATENTED AUG. 27, 1907.

W. KOUNSL HAY AND GRAIN RAKE, LOADER, AND STAUKER.

APPLIUATION FILED JAN. 26, 190B.

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- PATENTED we. 27,1907 KOUNS HAY- AND- GRAIN RAKEQLO'ADER, AN-D smoxsn APPLIUATIOH IILIID JAR. 25. Nos. L

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' The driversseat is mounted on the rear end of the frar ne is of rectangular form, (see Fig. 1),and is mountv Figure 1 is a top plan view of my machine,

WESLEY KoUNs, or SALINA, KANSAS.

HAY Ann GRAIN BAKE, manna, AND s racxnn.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 2'7, 1907.

Application filed January 28,1906. Serial No. 208,981.

To all whom it may concern: v I

Be it known that I, waster KoUNs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Salina, in the county of Saline and State ofv Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hay and'Grain Rakes, Loaders, and Stackers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a hay and grain rake, loader and stacker, and consists in the construction and arrangement of the parts, fully described in the specification, illustrated in the drawings, and particularly 'set forth in the claims. I I i I "The objects of my invention are as follows: (1) To provide amachine for raking hay, and grain, and for loading, or stacking the same, whichmachine will at all times be under the control of the driver or operator.

(2) A further object of my invention is to provide a machine which shall be effective and useful, light and strong, readily understood and easily managed by an ordinary man with a single team.

\ Laccomplish the foregoing objects with the machine illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this application, in which like letters and numerals indicate similarparts, as follows:

a perspective view oimy machine showing the rakehead and rake raised to the topof the derrick. Fig.3

is a side elevation of my machine showing. the rake ele-' vated midway of the derrick; also in dotted lines the derrick, braces, andrake thrown forward and slightly downward, to show the position of the rake when discharging a load. Figs. 3 and 3 are enlarged views of the slidin 'z oxes which will be fully explained. Fig.

,4 is a perspective view of my machine, showing the. same in working 'position vwith the rake down; and also in dotted lines, w=ith the derrick tilted backward and the points of the rake-teeth elevated, for traveling or after discharging a load returning to take a new load.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of my machine, with load.

raised and ready to be discharged 'on a stack, the levers being set to hold the load until the driver is ready to discharge the same.

This machine consists of three parts, viz., thecarriage and frame, the rake-head and rake, and the-tilting derrick'andbraces.

'I will first describe the c ge and frame, which for convenience I will hereafter call" the frame. This ed in front on a tubular axle A, with drive wheels W W on each end. The rear end of the frame-is mounted on two wheels carried by crank-arms a a secured to the frame, as are also thepivoted levelirs L, L and U, by

derrick, the slanting braces, and the drums.

On each side of the frame, are push-beamsll, prefer- Figs. 2', Sand 5.

ab ly made of steel angle-bars, bolted and tied together by a series of steel cross-bars 2 2 and diagonal ties 3 3.

Said push-beams extend back of the drivers seat and are secured in place by braces and ties as above mentioned, throughout their entire length. The front ends of said push-beams are secured to the main axle by proper clasps bolted tosaid beams. The double tree and swingle trees are supported on the push-beams 1 1, and the ends of the double tree'are tied to the same by suitable tie-rods 4 4. The drivers seat is secured by springs on the frame thus formed near the end of the push-beams.

Near the front .end of the frame, a counter-shaft B is mounted, extending from the left hand push-beam to and through the maple boxes 5 .5, carrying on its right end a; gear 9 to mesh with the gear g fixed on the main axle, A. On the shaft Bare secured .two drums C G,

having and flanges c 0. Midway the length of the frame is secured to 'a cross-bar 2, a sliding bar 8, extending back under the drivers seat, to which the slanting braces 9 9 are pivoted and the hand-lever L through rod p is secured, for raising and lowering slanting braces 9 p Around the flanges of the drums C C, steel bands dd are held; being secured to the frame, tov which the springs 10 10 are fastened, which springs are in turn secured to a rod ll-operated by hand-lever L, for

tightening said bands and thereby locking said drums 1 in place, to hold the rakein any desired position. The

gear 9 on the main axle A, and the gear 9 on countershaft B, are.thrown into and out of gear by hand-lever L, rod '1), and pivoted brace b, as shown in Figs. 3' and 3 This movement is due to the fact that the right hand:end of said is normally free, and can be pushed into and pulled out of gear at the option of the driven; By said gears 9-9 the drums C C are caused to revolve on counter-shaft B, and the hoisting ropes R'R wound up, and the rake-head elevated.

The rake-head and rake E, consists of three crossheads F F F, arrangedin triangular form, from which project rake-teeth l5, secured in andto the lower cross heads i From the upper-'cross-head F, truss bracesfff pro ject downward, and are secured to the front lower crossheadF. Supports G G G' G connect the rear and top cross-heads'E F, and are bolted thereto. Thus a strong triangular rake-head is formed for'the rake, as shown in H is a truss-frame, consisting of three pieces H H Four arms F F .F- F are bolted to the crossgheads F a 'F F, said arms outside the. derrick and ,sup-, porting eight grooved pulleys F,,.four on either side and unloading hay or grain.

0i derrick posts I 1 thus holding the rake firmly to the derrick, but permitting it to roll up and down freely and without binding at any point. See Figs. 2 and 5. i

The derrick I is formed of two posts I I made of steel bars I I bolted together and having a top crosshead I for the rope sheaves, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5. The posts I I are connected by steel cross-heads and transverse braces to give them rigidity and strength. These .posts I I, forming the derrick I, are secured to axle A, by bearing sleeves t 'i passing down and around said axle, which sleeves are bolted to said posts. This derrick I is intended to tilt, or rock back and'forth, to

accommodate itself to rough ground, and also to permit of the raising and lowering of the rake-teeth in loading Pivoted to the upper ends of the posts I I are the slanting braces 9 9, which extend downward and rearward and are again pivoted to the sliding bar 8, which braces are made of steel angles, andsecured together by seven steel cross-ties forming steps, or a ladder for climbing to the top of the derrick to oil the ropes or pulleys.

The slanting or diagonal braces 9, 9, the sliding bar 8, and the hand-lever L and rod p constitute means for tilting the derrick I forward or back at will. It will be noted that the angle between the'braces 9 and the bar 8 is very great, approximating, in fact, the angle at which the horizontal component of pressure applied a to said bar in the direction of such braces is insufiicient toovercome the friction due to such pressure-that is to say, approkimating the critical angle of friction of such a transmission device; so that, according to the proportion of the parts, this transmitting device 8-9 is either an irreversible transmitting device, .2. e.', one which transmits motion in one direction only, or is very'nearly such an irreversible transmitting device.

This is very important, since it permits control of the position of the derrick with relatively little effort on the part of the operator, the bulk of the thrust of the bracesagainst the bar 8 being absorbed'in the transmitting device and very little, 'if any,'being transmitted to the hand leverL while at the same time it is easy to shift the derrick as desired by'means oi -lever L It will also be noted that in its extreme forward and backward positions lever L is nearly horizontal and rod p nearly in line with bar 8. This makes the device self-locking in its extreme adjustments.

y In practice,.it may bedesirable not to have the transmitting' device 89 completely irreversible, because too great rigidity is not desirable when moving over rough ground; some slight givelreduces the. stresses on the derrick and braces.- The operator, with his hand on lever L can easily control this movement. The operation of this machine is easily understood and may be readily managed. I will, however, state briefly. the steps necessary to be taken in order to accomplish the desiredresults- To adjust the machine to rake hay, or grain, the rake-teethshould be placed in the position shown in Fig. 4. To do this, lever L? should be pushed forward as shown in said Fig. 4, thus thrusting the slanting braces 9 9 against the derrick I moving it forward to a slight incline, as shown in Fig. 4,

- and forcing the rake-teeth to point downward as shown in said figure. When the rake has taken a load of hay,

or grain,'which must be carried to a wagon or stack the same lever will be pulled backward by the driver, causing the slanting braces 9 9, the derrick l and the teeth 15, totake the position shown in dotted lines in I said Fig. 4. The machine may then bedriven near 1 to a stack or wagon, as shown in Fig. 5, and the load raised to a proper height for unloading. To raise the load,the derrick I is first drawn back to a vertical position as shown in Fig. 3, which is done by drawing lover backward with its rod p and sliding bar 8 and the braces 9. 9. When the'derrick, braces, and lever hafve been placed in the'position shown in said, figure, lever L will be pushed backward bringing gears g g. 7 into contact. The team being now started, the drums G C on the shaft B will be revolved and the ropes R R secured to the drums G O and rake E will be wound up and the rake E will be elevated to any desired position as shown in Figs: 2, 3 and 5. To hold the load and rake in elevated position, the lever L will be pulled backward, clamping the bands d d to the flanges c c on'the drums C O, and thus locking the rake and load in place, and at the same time lever L is pulled back, disengag' ing gears g and g.- The machine may then be moved forward, with the load held in the elevated, position, until the proper position for discharging the load is reached. To discharge the load the lever "Li-will be pushed forward and with it bar 8 and braces 9 9, when the rake E will be'lowered as shown in Fig. 3, permitting the load to slip off readily from the rake; and the team may now be backed up, pulling the rake by the chains M M from under the load. The load having been discharged, the gears g g are thrown out of gear, permitting the rake head and rake E to be safely lowered to the position shownin Fig. 4, by pushing forward lever L gently releasing bands d d on flanges c c of drums O C until the rake is in proper position.

' The operation of the machine as above set forth may be carried out by any ordinary farm-hand.

Having now fully described. and illustrated my invention and machineand its mode of operation, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is:

1. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a supporting frame, and a tilting derrick' thereomgof operating means for moving said derrick forward and backward, comprising an operating member adapted for operation by the operator of the machine, and transmitting means approximately irreversible in character be-' tween said operating member and derrick and comprising friction means resisting reactions on said operating member.

2. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a supporting frame, and a tilting derrick thereon, of operating means for moving said derrick forward and backward, comprising an operating member, and trans-, mitting means between the same and the.derrlck comprising driving and driven members relatively arranged at an angle approximating the critical angle 01. friction or the driving member. 3. In a machine 01 the character'descrlbed, the combination with u supporting frame, and a tilting derrick thereon, or a bar movable longitudinally along sald trame, a diagonal brace plvoted to said bar and derrick, and a pivoted hand le'veiconnected to said ,bar to shift the same andthereby, the derrick.v 1. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a supporting frame, of a. tilting derrick, e

sliding bar moving in the supporting frame, a slanting Y brace pivoted to the derrick and said sliding bar, and a' band lever and rod for operating said ban-brace and der rick, substantially as described. l

5. In a machine of ts character described, the'cginbi- 13;

nation of a base, a derrick upright pivoted to the base, a brace pivoted to the upright, a bar slidingly mounted on the base and pivoted to the brace, and an operating lever connected to said bar, substantially as described.

6. In a machine of the characterdescribed, the combination of a base, a derrick upright pivoted to the base, a brace pivoted to the upright, a bar slidingly supported on the base and connected to the brace. and hand-operable means for sliding the said bar to shift the position of the upright, substantially as described.

7. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a supporting frame, a tilting derrick thereon, and a rake and rakehead mounted to move up and down i on said derrick, of a bar movable longitudinally along said frame, a diagonal brace pivoted to said bar and derrick. an operating lever connected to said bar, and means for raising and lowering said rake on said derrick.

8. In a machine of the character described, the combination with the supporting frame of a derrick I, braces 9, Qfi'therefor, sliding bar 8 connected to said braces, rod p connected to said sliding bar and hand-lever L'- connected to said rod, substantially as described.

9. In a machine of the character described, the combination with the supporting frame of the rake and rakehead E, the derrick l carrying said rake and rake-head,

the braces 9, ,9, connected with said derrick, the sliding bar 8, connected to said braces, the hand lever If, and the rod 12 connecting said lever and bar 8.

10. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a supporting frame, and a-tilting derrick thereon, of operating means for movingsaid derrick -forward and backward, comprising an operating member adapted for operation by the operator of the machine, and mechanism transmitting motion from said operating member to said derrick, including friction devices resisting backward reactions upon said operating member. I

11. in a machine of the class described, the combination with a supporting frame, and a tilting derrick thereon, of

operating means for moving said derrick forward and backward, comprising a hand lever, and mechanism for .WESLEY KOUNS. Witnesses:

W. T. WELCH, FRED H. QUINCY. 

